Demanding
[dɪ'mɑːndɪŋ] or [dɪ'mændɪŋ]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill; 'found the job very demanding'; 'a baby can be so demanding' .
編輯:马克斯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Demand
錄入:诺顿
例句/造句/用法:
- He amazed and horrified his five companions by demanding ordinary food and refusing to continue his self-mortifications. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- All of these details received Mr. Edison's personal care and consideration on the spot, in addition to the multitude of other affairs demanding his thought. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- At midnight a number of them came thundering at our door, demanding more rum, of which we took no notice. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- That there was any Fancy in them demanding to be brought into healthy existence instead of struggling on in convulsions? 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- By demanding payment of the bank, the owner of a bank credit would lose this premium. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Thus constant devotion to pursuits strenuously demanding labour-saving devices evolved a race of keen inventors and mechanics. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The one great outrage of her life, demanding to be constantly avenged, was the passage of a donkey over that immaculate spot. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- There is thus a heavy toll reckoned against the user, and the creditor is relentless in demanding payment. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- At the same time other problems were demanding solution. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Mrs Lammle gave him the look of a decidedly dissatisfied party demanding exemption from the category; but said nothing. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Then the eager spectators gathered round the count, demanding an explanation. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- In his usual mode of demanding an opinion (he had not reticence to wait till it was voluntarily offered) he asked, Were you interested? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- All her men were dead, it remained to her only to stand alone in indomitable assertion, demanding nothing. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
錄入:诺顿